Hi Mike and List, That is why it is important to have a qualified laboratory check these things out! How may times in history has a IIAB coarsest octahedrite iron meteorites been found within 2 miles of each other and not been paired? The last I heard is that gravity causes water to flow down hill where it concentrates making meteorites found in basins more susceptible to weathering.
All the best, Adam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Important Mojave Meteorite Found > Adam, I find it impossible to believe that the piece is paired with Old > Woman. > that meteorite is PERFECT, complete and looks like it fell yesterday. > I would guess that this piece is a much older different meteorite. > Moisture is more prevalent in the Mohave at higher elevations, and never for > long periods, even if it was in a low area, it would only be wet for a few > weeks. > I think it must be a different meteorite. > Mike Farmer > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adam Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 3:09 PM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Important Mojave Meteorite Found > > > > Dear List, > > > > I promised to announce a few things of interest as laboratory results > come > > in so here is the first of many important announcements to come: > > > > I recently received laboratory confirmation regarding a meteorite that was > > found within a few miles of the famous Old Woman Meteorite. When I first > > examined the stone I was not even sure it was meteoritic but it was > magnetic > > and dense. It reminded me of iron shale I had seen in other iron type > > meteorites so I broke off a small piece and diamond lapped it. When I saw > a > > few elemental metal flakes imbedded in the shale, I knew with 90% > certainty > > it was a weathered iron meteorite so I sent a piece in for classification. > > Here are a few images with explanations. > > > > This image shows where weathering has delaminated the crystalline > structure. > > If you look carefully you can see 10 mm sized bands forming a triangular > > pattern. What is interesting is that the original Old Woman meteorite has > a > > 10 mm bandwidth making it a coarsest octahedrite. The reason this > specimen > > is more weathered than the original find is that it was found at a lower > > elevation where moisture is more prevalent. > > > > Freshly found Old Woman IIAB Iron meteorite, image one: > > http://themeteoritesite.com/oldwoman.jpg > > > > The second image shows the side with less weathering and more elemental > > iron: > > http://themeteoritesite.com/Oldwoman2.jpg > > > > I hope you enjoyed the images and will take any advice on what to do with > > this very special meteorite. Should I donate it and if so where? > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Adam Hupe > > The Hupe Collection > > Team LunarRock > > IMCA 2185 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
